The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-01-20
people in houses lily built on land which
has been reclaimed from q aManfp.

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people in houses lily built on land which
has been reclaimed from q swamp.
The government expects to begin prclin,-
mary proceedings against the Bell Tel
ephone company in Boston before the
District Attorney Stern OF, Boston and
Chandler, Whitman and Goode.
The Democratic congre ssional convention
ut Eau Claire nominates DR.. johnson oi
Hudson for the long, and James Bardei,
OF Superior for the short term.
Frank B. Mcdonald, son of ex-senator
Mcdonald, died in Washington OF heart
disease. He had been for some years q
clerk in the treasury department.
Pensions we're allowed to the following
people in Minnesota: M. c. Northway,
Princeton; L. s. Van VIiet, Lake City;
Andrew Clark, Nashville Center; Frcdoline
Ruff. st. Cloud. Pensions increased. B
Arlkson, Willmar; F. Merchant, Albert
Lea; s. w. Robarts, Gull River; A. Wagner,
Hanover. Patents were issued to the fol-
apolis, knock-down table; Orville II. Curtis,
st. Paul, rubber goods trade mark.
w. G. Deshler, q millionaire banker OF
Columbus, Ohio, has presented the female
benevolent society OF that city with a
check for 500, 600.
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge has resumed the
editorship OF St. Nicholas at q salary oil
$4,000 a year.
Hon. James G. Blaine, in a letter to q
friend in Washington county. Pa, alludes
feelingly to the death of Gen. Logan, and
favor the erection OF a monument to his
memory at Springfield, III. He thinks
500, 600 for that purpose could easily be
raised in small amounts.
kilograms from all quarters of Texas tell
OF severely cold weather.
The adjutant general OF Texas denounces
the Knights OF Labor. e
Charles Moffatt. travelling agent for Eli.
son & Son Of Milwaukee, committed sui.
Pa, by shooting himself through the head.
No cause is assigned for the deed.
At Mandan, Oak, fire burned the home
$1,000; insured in the Continental for
$500:
The guekwar of Baroda in India owns
n large diamond valued at $3.50, 600,
and a diamond necklace worth $780,
900.
Galignani has built an a%lmshouse for
broken.down literary men at Nenilly,
France, which cost several million francs.
A terrible snow storm has prevailed
throughout the midland counties in Eng
land. Much loss OF life is feared. The
highways and railways are impossible in
many places, and the mills are blocked.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas Duncan, United
States Army, retired; died after a short i'll
ness, at his home in Washington.
Mrs. Sally Washington. who died recent.
ly, aged eighty-seven years, was a grand.
niece of Gen. Washington, and the widow
~ NJ v~~- yN--Ls - 80
land county, Virginia.
Senator Brown OF Georgia denies that
he is going to resign.
Fort Smelling is to be made a regiment.
al post.
Postmaster general exonerates ex.Post.
master Laraway OF Minneapolis from
blame for the big burglary.
Attorney General Garland appears in
puclic for the first time with his cabinet
associates at Gen. Logan's funeral. 49,.
Both Secretary Endicott and Gen. Sheri.
dan are in favor OF making q fegimental
post of Fort Smelling and demonstrating
there an additional number Of troops,
Gen. Kruger has been asked for plans and
estimates. '@
uary the 9Th, to take an active part in the
senatorial contest. He will remain away
two weeks, and in the meantime the con.
duct of the interstate commerce bill-if the
conference report is agreed to in, the senate
will be left in the hands OF Mr.. Crisp OF
Georgia, the third member Of the house
conferees. ia
A Berlin special says: Rumors are rife
that the garrisons on the frontier are to be
largely increased. From authentic sourc-
es it is learned that the garrisons at Saarse.
mund, Forback, Dieuze, Colmar and Hun.
ingue have been largely reinforced, but
there are doubts as to the accuracy OF the
report that the German g%arrisons in Al.
ace-Lcrraine now muster 300, Q0Q men;
whereas the normal number OF the troops
in the garrisons in that province is 10O,,
900. The troops are now being drilled
daily for three hours in the use OF repeat-
ing rifles recently adopted by the govern
ment for the purpose OF making them
proficient in volley firing.
Ferdinand Gentuer, who is said to have
been the first man to brew lager beer, in
America, forty years ago, died ut College
Point, N. Y. =
Senator Don Cameron. pays taxes on
$4,000 worth Of property in Washing
ton.
Judge Pickett, of Connecticut, has fined
two superintendent OF two New England
railroads for blacklisting a workinsman.
st. Paul has a "Possum Club" compos-
ed of natives OF the Sunny South, and once
a year they dine on 'Possum at the Ryan
Hotel.
The German ship Elizabeth stranded on
the Virginia coast neal Cape Henry.
Twenty men lost their lives, including five
of the brave members of the l~ife-saving
crews. .
Senator Frye has proposed an amend
ment to the postofice appropriation bill,
making an appropriation of $500, 900 for
the transportation OF South American
mails in American vessels.
Senator Plumb OF Kansas introduced a
bill authorizing registers and receivers at
the land office where there was no court
present to issue judicial processes. to issue
subpen@s for Witnesses wanted in land
| cases. Witnesses are to be allowed $l.50
for each days attendance, and five cents
per mile mileage going and coming. This
bill, it is thought, will obviate many diff
culties now surrounding the just hearing OF
cases before local land officers who are